someone who the government was valuing in some way should have gotten. >> thank you for joining us with your insights into this former judge. nancy gaertner gets tonight's last word. "the 11th hour" starts now. tonight president trump says he feels very badly for his campaign chairman, convicted felon paul manafort. then trump falsely claims the federal judge in the case somehow absolved him of russian collusion. meanwhile, today's giant distraction was the fight over pardons between trump and his former lawyer michael cohen nearly overshadowing the fact that the president called democrats anti-jewish and anti-israel. and expecting updates on roger stone, michael flynn, rick gates while paul manafort learns his second prison sentence. all of it as "the 11th hour" gets underway on this friday night. good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here